Apply for a Job, Give up your privacy

There are those who value their privacy, and this development invades the fundamental rights of privacy.
When applying for a job in the City of Bozeman, Montana, USA, there are certain requirements.

"The requirement is included on a waiver statement applicants must sign, giving the City permission to conduct an investigation into the person's "background, references, character, past employment, education, credit history, criminal or police records."

"Please list any and all, current personal or business websites, web pages or memberships on any Internet-based chat rooms, social clubs or forums, to include, but not limited to: Facebook, Google, Yahoo, YouTube.com, MySpace, etc.," the City form states. There are then three lines where applicants can list the Web sites, their user names and log-in information and their passwords"

If you are interested, please take the time to read the entire article from the City of Bozeman

Is this a trend for any future job applicants?
If this is the acceptable future "norm", then everyone should be very careful of what they write/publish on the Internet and also refrain from publishing anything personal e.g. name, picture, birth etc.

This includes emplyees that are made redundant. Read this Article about Laid Off Workers

For any reader who wants to get more information on how to protect thenselves on "facebook", feel free to check Facebook Best Practice and 10 Facebook Privacy Settings

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